Checkers Gold vs Build A Train Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkers Gold
Enjoy a classic checkers experience with no ads or tracking. Play against a friend or the AI on various gameboards, with intuitive controls and visual cues for legal moves. Pieces smoothly glide into place for an engaging game.
- 1 or 2 player modes
- Rules enforced
- Pieces glide into position
- 11 included gameboards
- Legal move indicators
- No ads or tracking
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No ads, no tracking. Checkers game for 1 or 2 players, rules enforced, pieces glide into position. Play checkers with a friend or against your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch on any of 11 included gameboards. Pieces and squares subtly glow to show you all legal moves, and pieces slide into position when released.
Build A Train Lite
Design and drive your own virtual trains in a city or on a full map. Customize engines and cars, control speed and switches, and pick up cargo. Features include night mode and the ability to import custom designs.
- Select and customize engine and car styles
- Drag-to-reorder car functionality
- Drive train in city environment
- Control switches and speed on a full map
- Pick up cargo and collect points
- Night mode driving
- Import custom train designs
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Build A Train Lite is the perfect virtual train set for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. It includes the following features: »»» Select the engine for your train. Choose from a variety of styles, colors and design. »»» Select the cars for your train. Configure your train as desired -- easy drag-to-reorder functionality gives you full control of your train. Test drive your train in a city environment. »»» Launch game mode and drive your train across a full train set map. Control the switches on the track to determine where your train goes. Control the speed of your train. Pick-up cargo and collect points. »»» Night mode feature lets you drive your train at night »»» Additional levels available via in-app purchase. »»» Import Custom Engines & Train Cars. Use Design A Train to create your own personal train and then import engines and cars into Build A Train Lite. Endless customizability! »»» Child lock feature lets you disable all sharing, other apps promotions and in-app purchases. Build A Train Lite is a universal app and will work on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Build A Train Lite at Free against Checkers Gold's $0.99. Build A Train Lite also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months). Checkers Gold's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and chart position (#194 vs unranked). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Build A Train Lite is free to download; Checkers Gold costs $0.99 up front. Build A Train Lite sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Checkers Gold asks for nothing beyond the download.
Build A Train Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Build A Train Lite has 527 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Checkers Gold's written reviews are positive against 89% of Build A Train Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Checkers Gold ships an update every 12 months, Build A Train Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 21, 2026 and August 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkers Gold | Build A Train Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.9 (26 ratings) | 4.3 (527 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 527 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #194 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 4.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Playtend Apps LLP |
Customer experience
Checkers Gold
Build A Train Lite
In-app purchases
Checkers Gold
No in-app purchases
Build A Train Lite
- Level 3: Dark Night$0.99
- Level 4: Warehouse District$0.99
- Level 5: Frosty Rails$0.99
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- Level 6: Mountain Pass$0.99
- Level 7: Airport$0.99
- Level 8: Cargo Island$0.99
- Level 9: Metropolis$0.99
- Level 10: The Harbor$0.99
- Level 11: Red Canyon$0.99
- Level 13: Stadium$0.99
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